dent

Noun

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
  • it made a dent in my bank account
    

Verb

• make a depression into
  • The bicycle dented my car
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ding , gouge , nick , incision , scratch , prick , slit , indent